The Military’s Ban of TikTok Is Just the Beginning

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The Military’s Ban of TikTok Is Just the Beginning
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The military wants to crack down on apps and services that could betray information about service members. That could be a losing battle.

of how many requests for user information it had received from law enforcement authorities around the world during the first half of 2019—India and the United States had issued the most requests according to the report, while China had issued zero.

So on the one hand, it can seem a little silly that the U.S. military views an app designed for making short videos as a “cyber threat” . On the other hand, it’s probably not a great idea to have a Chinese company collecting vast quantities of video footage and location data and IP addresses and other information from military personnel.

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